On Aug 16, 2010, at 11:44 AM, Markus Hitter wrote: > > Am 16.08.2010 um 19:12 schrieb Jonathon Kuo: > >> In Network Preferences there's a panel in the GUI to create a >> computer-to-computer network. This works fine. The only problem is that upon >> reboot, the network gets 'uncreated' and has to be recreated manually again >> each time… >> >> I think this means I need to write a program or a script that gets run when >> the system boots to create such a network, but I don't know what commands >> the GUI executes behind the scenes to do this. How can I accomplish this? > > If you're one of the rare persons not being connected to another network (the > Internet), you can configure your ethernet adapters manually. Just two IP > addresses distinct in the last of the four numbers, no router, no DHCP, no > DNS. This should survive reboots and enable you to connect from one machine > to the server of the other. Works on about all OSs, not only on Mac OS X.
Hi Markus, I'm trying to get two devices, an iPad and a Mac mini, to talk to each other only, via wifi. Right now I'm manually creating a computer-to-computer network on the mini and connecting to it from the iPad. Then I use Bonjour over that network to communicate. Works well except on reboot or wake from sleep. The mini is part of a mobile device that gets activated on demand, so it's not always up. Would what you describe above still apply to this paradigm? AFAICT, there's no way to manually set an IP address on an iPad or iPhone, only to connect to an existing network that it detects? > > BTW., there's usually no need to reboot a computer but for some system > updates. Put it in sleep mode while not using it. Much more comfortable. Hmm. I just tested this, and even upon wake from sleep, the 'created' network goes away on the mini, and it presents a dialog to connect to whatever other wifi signal happens to be present. Not good. -Jon _______________________________________________ MacOSX-admin mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-admin
